DC Released September 1968

Angel and the Ape #1 (1968)

Angel and the Ape #1 is the premiere issue of the Angel and the Ape series from DC, released September 12, 1968. Written by John Albano with artwork by Bob Oksner. This page represents the regular first-print edition.

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$5
Mid
$18
High
$60
Published September 1968
Cover Price $0.12
Pages 36

The Case of the Going, Going, Going, Gone Go-Go Girls.  Angel O'Day is a private investigator who manages the O'Day and Simeon Detective Agency with her partner Sam Simeon.[3] Sam differs from many stereotypical detectives; besides helping Angel, Sam is both a comic book artist and a talking gorilla.[4] Sam's last name is a play on the word "simian" ("of or pertaining to an ape or monkey"). In the first few stories, Sam draws comics for a self-obsessed editor named Stan Bragg, then moves to a competitor, working for Morton Stoops.